1
: one that relates or communicates
a teller of stories
2
: one that reckons or counts: such as
a
: a member of a bank's staff concerned with the direct handling of money received or paid out
b
: one appointed to count votes
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Gone is the traditional row of bank tellers; there is instead a concierge desk and a solitary ATM machine.
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Hugh Son, CNBC, 27 May 2025
Zhao had just come out to his family in Taiwan, and had started dating a bank teller in Ueno.
—Bryan Washington, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2025
Michigan Legacy Credit Union tellers and employees at the credit union's call center will try to look for any signs of a potential scam, Peters said.
—Susan Tompor, USA Today, 15 May 2025
Eventually, she was hired as a bank teller at Colonial Bank, beginning a career that would span more than two decades and multiple bank mergers.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 10 May 2025
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Hugh Son, CNBC, 27 May 2025
Zhao had just come out to his family in Taiwan, and had started dating a bank teller in Ueno.
—Bryan Washington, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2025
Michigan Legacy Credit Union tellers and employees at the credit union's call center will try to look for any signs of a potential scam, Peters said.
—Susan Tompor, USA Today, 15 May 2025
Eventually, she was hired as a bank teller at Colonial Bank, beginning a career that would span more than two decades and multiple bank mergers.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 10 May 2025
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“Teller.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teller. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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teller
noun
tell·er
ˈtel-ər 
1
: one that tells
a teller of tales
2
: a person who counts votes (as in a legislative body)
3
: a bank employee who receives and pays out money
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